Sumner Academy of Arts and Science - Excalibur Yearbook (Kansas City, KS)

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-nl-, it ny. ' +......,. L . Q -1- we 'ggs?3.ii2I .-iiyixg ..:e 'aw K.-'Tft 1 i. . , M ,li .. Egg- . -he is -k-sais., 1 ,ff - ' . vrry . Mr. John Henderson, who has taught school for 27 years, is pleased to be teaching at Sumner Academy. He received his Master's degree from illinois State. This year he arrives at Sumner in time for 4th hour. He teaches early classes at Washington High School. His courses include Basic Engineering Drawing and Engineering Drafting. He is also found supervising lunch room activity during fifth hour. Industrial and Fine Arts The Art department offers a change from the normal routine of student academic life. Art Ex- ploration is a foundation course offering experiences in art media. ln addition, courses in Drawing!Design, Painting l, Watercolor l, Studio Drawing I, and Sculpture l, ll were offered this year. A glance into the art room proved that a great deal of activity was going on. Mr. John Henderson is head of the industrial Arts department at Sumner Academy. The Industrial Arts department is a very well- developed department. Within the course of the year, the Drafting classes received new drafting tables to work on. Most of the students in the Drafting classes have had some form of drafting in the past. The students are eager to learn and will some day become the best in their field.

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Mrs. Harriett Bigham teaches in the art department here at Sumner Academy. Mrs. Bigham is a warm and easy- going person. She's easy to talk to and a likable person, says Mrs. Ireton. Mrs. Bigham attended Stillwater High School in Oklahoma, but at the end of her junior year of high school she had enough credits to enter college, so, dropping out of Stillwater High School, she went to Oklahoma State. Mrs. Bigham also taught the seniors the art history section in their Humanities class. The class is taught in Mr. Shepherd's room 309, and is taught by four teachers. But alas, this poor room is haunted by the spirit of the vanishing yardstick. Helpless and worried, Mrs. Bigham walks the room half delirious in the quest for her yardstick. This is only the beginning though, in her art class she has the problem of losing her keys, pencils, tape, etc. When asked if she has a problem about losing things, Mrs. Bigham, remaining calm and cool, replied by saying No. Having taught at Washington for a million years jgive or take a few daysj, she now enjoys teaching here at Sumner. We enjoy having her here, and would like to wish her another million years of teaching. ,K 'Tjiii' ' S .,45 'Y v r re..-E v , S ff fl-1' E 39 5' -'Z i Q'-vi ' i . W-, .,i...4,.- ' Q-f

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lf' t . Miss Annette Fick is a teacher who feels con- stantly challenged to try new ways, new paths to reaching the minds of Academy students. She admits, however, that teaching modern youth is not like walking along a garden path with only beauty and peace on either side. She does enjoy teaching, though, as her students can tell. She is presently work- ing on her Master's degree at Wichita State University. She loves to bake and she also en- joys many sports. pq- Mr. Jeffrey Beck is a lifetime resident of Kansas City, Kansas. He attended Wyandotte High School and received his Bachelor's degree in Music Educa- tionfrom the University of Kansas. Mr. Beck considers being chosen as instrumental music director for the Academy as one of the crowning achievements of his career thus far. One high point of the year was a Christmas program given at Crown Center. The program was a success despite the fact that the entire band had to stand, thus causing Mr. Beck to direct on his tip toes.